Obama says going after legal pot in Washington not a 'top priority ...

WASHINGTON ? Pot smokers and law enforcement agents in Washington state saw the first reaction Thursday from President Obama on the legalization of?marijuana

Obama told ABC News? Barabara Walters that?recreational?users of marijuana in Washington and?Colorado?were not a ?top priority? for federal law enforcement officials, saying the government?had ?bigger fish to fry.?

?It would not make sense for us to see a top priority as going after recreational users in states that have determined that it?s legal,? Obama said.

In November, both Washington state and Colorado passed laws legalizing the recreational use of?marijuana. However, the drug still?remains?a Federally Controlled Substance and a Schedule I drug.?Schedule I drugs have no accepted medical value in the United States and are deemed to have a high potential for abuse. It is?illegal?to manufacture, distribute,?dispense?or hold the drug.

Obama said limited government resources restrict the federal government?s ability to go after marijuana users in states which have made pot legal. However, he said the situation was a gray area, since the drug is still banned by Congress.

?This is a tough problem because Congress has not yet changed the law,? Obama said. ?I head up the?executive?branch; we?re supposed to be carrying out laws? How do you reconcile a federal law that still says marijuana is a federal offense and state laws that say that it?s legal??

Obama told ABC News he does not support the widespread legalization of marijuana. It is widely known that Obama smoked pot in teenage years, but told ABC News he regretted ever doing that.

?There are a bunch of things I did that I regret when I was a kid,? he said.

Source: http://q13fox.com/2012/12/14/obama-says-going-after-legal-pot-in-washington-not-a-top-priority/

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